“You’ve become a doormat, Lilly! You let people walk all over you, drain you and use you! And because you have the memory of a tiny goldfish, you never know when enough is really ENOUGH! Think of yourself and stop being such a pushover!”
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After discussing the prerequisites of being a great volunteer while working for the sake of Allah in part 1, and reaping maximum benefit while volunteering in part 2, we now come to the third and last part of the series: maximizing your reward and growth after successfully completing a project you’ve embarked on for the sake
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In the first part of this series (Part 1), we discussed the prerequisites of being a great volunteer: what you should take care of before you enroll as a volunteer. In this part of the series, we’ll get right to work and see how we can reap maximum benefit and reward while working as a volunteer, In
Read article10 Habits of Happy Muslim Couples
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Read article[Parenting Lessons from Surah Luqman – Part 5]: Developing Patience and a Love for Prayer in Children
In the previous parts of the series on parenting lessons from Surah Luqman, we talked about the essential prerequisites of parenting (Part 1), how to teach our children to avoid shirk (Part 2); being obedient and grateful to Allah and our parents (Part 3); and instilling consciousness of Allah in children (Part 4). This part of the
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